Is That Your Japanese Mother?

January 29, 2012
Sunset over ocean beach. The end to a gorgeous day of touring the recruits around the city. More photos to come soon!

Sunset over ocean beach. The end to a gorgeous day of touring the recruits around the city. More photos to come soon!

 
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January 27, 2012

Brunch at Samovar Tea Lounge. My dad came to town!

 
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January 26, 2012

Every day I take the Grey Shuttle from class to lab...

  • And today during my 30 min commute between Mission Bay and Parnassus, to my surprise (gasp!) a troop of small children (and their accompanying adults, don't worry) came on board. Here were some fabulous quotes from these 4 (?) y.o.'s, though I'm not sure if I misheard the first one.
  • Small child 1:
    Are you a banana?
  • Small child 2:
    I'm 20!
  • Small child 3:
    I'm 21!
  • Small child 2:
    I'm 22!
  • Small child 4:
    I'm 100!!!
  • Damn, kids are cute.
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January 25, 2012
“[Talking about a diabetes patient]. She actually worked as a phone sex operator. That’s one of the pleasures of being a doctor in San Francisco. You meet a lot of interesting people. She was really great. Really nice, loved to talk. I’m sure she was good at her job.”
— Mike German. Today we’re learning about diabetes.   
January 25, 2012
However accurate, not the best thing to read when you’re avidly waiting for class to end because you REALLY HAVE TO PEE. 

However accurate, not the best thing to read when you’re avidly waiting for class to end because you REALLY HAVE TO PEE. 

 
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January 21, 2012

I watch NBC!

  • Cloud (as she shall be codenamed here):
    Will sent me a photo! Of him and some guy, I don't know who this guy is.
  • ....the next morning....
  • Cloud:
    Okay, I'm going to figure out who this is.
  • Avantika:
    Um. THAT'S ANDERSON COOPER.
  • Cloud:
    Who?
  • Avantika:
    ANDERSON COOPER. He's the anchor for CNN.
  • Cloud:
    But I watch NBC!
  • ...at a time slightly later...
  • Cloud to Amanda:
    Well, at least you know who Anderson Cooper is. Wait, Andrew Cooper? Wait, what's his name again?
January 21, 2012
“This is the F1…”
— One time, my mom introduced me to her former labmates as the F1. This is probably where I get it from.   
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January 20, 2012
Yuting: “hahaha, you’re like 2/3 panda!”

Yuting: “hahaha, you’re like 2/3 panda!”

 
January 20, 2012

Tahoe in general is just so pretty. 

(Thanks again to Z. Chu)

 
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January 19, 2012
“This study was done in China, where [leprosy] is also not very common, but multiply anything by a billion…”

Tissue bio prof.

Today we learned about genetics and diseases. Also, numbers.